Patents by Inventor Wayne N. Taylor

Wayne N. Taylor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for network user authentication
    Patent number: 7716723
    Abstract: A system for user authentication includes a gateway operable to receive a user authentication request in an Internet Protocol format from a server. The gateway communicates the user authentication request in a Signaling System 7 protocol to a user registry. The gateway is also operable to receive a user authentication response in the Signaling System 7 protocol from the user registry. The gateway communicates the user authentication response in the Internet Protocol format to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne N. Taylor, Joseph A. Salowey, Michael A. Wright, Amitava Das, William C. Gossman, Gopal K. Dommety
  • Arrangement for routing a received SS7 signaling message based on packet classification
    Patent number: 7486676
    Abstract: A signaling network node is configured for identifying a received signaling message as corresponding to one of a plurality of prescribed message classes, based on prescribed message class selection criteria. The signaling network node determines an outbound linkset for the received signaling message based on selected message parameters, for example destination point code, input linkset, service indicator values, etc., where the outbound linkset typically includes at least two links. The signaling network node selects one of the at least two links based on the identified message class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal L. Dunn, Paul A. Schmidt, Uwe Sellentin, Wayne N. Taylor